New York’s art auction scene congratulates itself on having sold more work by Black artists, but inclusion means much more.
According to Whom? The High-End Art World Awkwardly Discovers Black Artists
No Man Is an Island, and More Creative Ideas to Fight Nationalism
Can artists rebrand the troubled European Union?
Youth Organizers in Birmingham, AL Seek to Build across a Stark Racial Divide
As student organizers in the anti-gun violence movement have learned, just saying you want to engage in multiracial organizing doesn’t mean you’ll achieve it.
Small Foundation Gets a Huge Purse and a Bigger Charge: Save the Great Barrier Reef
A six-person operation working to protect the Great Barrier Reef will be receiving a record grant of nearly a half-billion Australian dollars. The move has politicians and nonprofits alike scratching their heads, but perhaps a private foundation is better equipped to save the ecosystem.
In Historic Fruit Belt, Buffalo Moves Forward with Community-Led Plan and Land Trust
Four months after city support for a community land trust in Buffalo’s large Black “Fruit Belt” neighborhood was announced, the City acts to begin to transfer an initial set of four properties to the community nonprofit’s control. The land trust forms one part of a broader community-guided strategic development plan.
Community Development as if People Matter: Lessons from Nigeria
The nongovernmental organization (NGO) community knows that resident voice and participation are essential to meeting community development and sustainability goals. But it isn’t easy to get there, as this Voices from the Field article from Nigeria, based on research conducted involving hundreds of nonprofits and community residents, details.
YMCA Launches LGBTQ Inclusion Campaign with Support of Three Foundations
The YMCA, whose 2,700 local affiliates serve 22 million people, has launched a national program to better serve LGBTQ families and children. Now comes the challenge of implementation.
New Rules Help Media, Nonprofits Track Corporate Tax-Abatement Breadcrumbs
With cities and states across the country now reporting the cost of corporate tax abatements, people running tax-funded services like schools, police, and libraries are beginning to realize just how much the money spent on corporate tax abatements cuts into their own budgets.
Hurricane Maria’s Real Death Toll Shines a Light on Disaster Preparedness Gap
While we often focus on direct storm fatalities, far more die in the aftermath, as care for the vulnerable is disrupted. Community preparedness in advance of storms can prevent many such deaths.
What’s Behind the Precipitous Rise in Donations to this Nonprofit?
An audacious target and creative marketing has led to fundraising success. But will the nonprofit be able to achieve its goal of developing life-changing treatment for dementia by 2025?
Non-Trump Evangelicals Provide Alternative, but It’s a Hard Row to Hoe
Red Letter Christians seek to call evangelical Christians back to their biblical roots. “There is another Gospel in our country right now, and it is the Gospel of Trump,” preaches a group leader. “It doesn’t look much like the Gospel of Jesus.”
Indian Country Today Negotiates Tightrope of Editorial Independence
As Indian Country Today rebuilds, the paper faces the challenge of maintaining editorial independence when its nonprofit sponsor is controlled by the tribal governments about whom it frequently reports.